AIDA 1 INTRODUCTION TO FREEDIVING

DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to be an introduction to freediving for complete beginners. It aims
to help the students to develop basic skills, knowledge and safety procedures necessary to
enjoy freediving safely within the limits of their experience.

COURSE DURATION

1 day

COURSE OUTLINE

1 Theory session

1 Confined water session (static)

1 Open water session

PREREQUISITES

Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years with parent or guardian consent)

AIDA2 FREEDIVER COURSE

DESCRIPTION

The AIDA2 Course is the foundation course of AIDA, covering the necessary skills and
knowledge for a non-competitive recreational freediver to safely freedive with or without a
dive-line. It is a beginner course designed for students who are already confident in the
water.

The purpose of the course is to familiarize the student with the skills, knowledge, safety
procedures and enjoyment of freediving. Students will be introduced to the basic disciplines
of freediving: Static Apnea, Dynamic Apnea, Free Immersion and Constant Weight
freediving.

The course is NOT aiming toward competitive freediving and shall not include competition
rules and regulations. The static and dynamic sessions in confined water are to be used to
teach relaxation, breathing, fining and safety techniques. In the open water sessions
students will use the skills they have learned in the pool / confined water sessions and will
combine these with the basic skills of open water freediving such as Equalizing, Duck
Diving, Vertical Swimming, Body Positioning, Turns and Use of Buoyancy.

COURSE DURATION

2.5 – 3 days

COURSE OUTLINE

2 Theory sessions

2 Confined water sessions

2 Open water sessions

1 Final exam

PREREQUISITES

Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years with parent or guardian consent)

Be able to swim at least 200 m non-stop without fins and at least 300 m non-stop with mask, fins and snorkel

AIDA3 ADVANCED FREEDIVER

DESCRIPTION

The AIDA3 Advanced Freediver Course builds on the skills learnt in the AIDA2 Freediver
Course. It is designed to cover the necessary skills and knowledge for a recreational
freediver to be able to safely freedive with or without a guideline. The aim of the course is to
develop the skills and knowledge necessary to independently plan and participate in
freediving activities with similarly experienced freedive buddies.

The course is designed to further develop skills from previous levels, develop new skills and
a higher knowledge of safety procedures and techniques for freediving such as Free
Falling, Frenzel Equalizing, Training Tables, the risks of increasing and decreasing
pressure and how to minimize these risks.

Students will train these skills in the most common disciplines of freediving; Static Apnea,
Dynamic Apnea, Free Immersion and Constant Weight. Competition rules for these
disciplines should not be used.

COURSE DURATION

3 days

COURSE OUTLINE

3 Theory sessions

2 Confined water sessions

4 Open water sessions

1 Final exam

PREREQUISITES

Certifications: AIDA2 Freediver or successful Crossover Evaluation

Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years with parent or guardian consent)

AIDA 4 MASTER FREEDIVER (ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR)

DESCRIPTION

The AIDA4 Master Freediver Course is the highest level of training attainable within the scope of recreational freediving. Students will be also familiarized with techniques, knowledge and safety procedures for deep freediving that goes beyond recreational freediving, such as FRC diving, mouth-fill equalization and packing. Students will develop their skills within these categories of freediving: Static Apnea, Dynamic Apnea, Constant Weight, Free Immersion and Variable Weight (optional), even though the main focus is on Constant Weight. Besides the in-water skills, the students will be introduced to full body warm-ups and stretching, specific stretching of breathing muscles, training concepts and diet that will benefit their freediving development. Also, an introduction to packing and reverse packing mainly within vital capacity is part of this course.

Another purpose of this course is to prepare successful candidates for the role of assistant Instructors. This includes Leading an appropriate warm-up session for confined and open water freediving, supervising students of all course levels during their confined or open water sessions whilst being supervised by an Instructor, Independently setting up and managing open water equipment: use of appropriate knots and braiding technique, setting the depth on the dive line, safe handling of other additional equipment (bottom plate, torches, lanyards, etc.).

COURSE DURATION

4 days

COURSE OUTLINE

3 Theory sessions

2 Confined water sessions

4 Open water sessions

1 Warm-up and stretching session

1 Final exam

PREREQUISITES

Certifications: AIDA3 Freediver or successful Crossover Evaluation

Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years with parent or guardian consent)

Have completed the AIDA Medical Form

Have completed the Liability Release

Have completed a course in First Aid with CPR within the last two years

INSTRUCTOR COURSE

DESCRIPTION

The Instructor Course is designed for those who are interested to teach freediving and to spread the sport of freediving around the world with a safe and fun methodology.

The Instructor Course consists of intensive personal workshops to develop your freedive knowledge, teaching skills and personal training techniques; as well as workshop sessions in the water and practical sessions teaching students.

Our aim is to produce highly experienced Instructors who have all the required teaching skills and freedive knowledge to be successful in their Instructor career.

COURSE DURATION

1- 2 weeks of learning and 1-2 weeks of practicing teaching real students while supervised by your instructor trainer

COURSE OUTLINE

7 Theory sessions

2 Confined water sessions

5 Open water sessions

5 Written exams

1 special presentation and handout

PREREQUISITES

Certifications: AIDA4 Freediver or successful Crossover Evaluation

Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years with parent or guardian consent)